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A family name on Oak Street, Fairview, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Oakridge and Marpole

The Robertses

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Roberts at two addresses in 1940, all on Oak Street, with the close spelling Robertis. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 126 other streets too, all listed on the Roberts name's own page.

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Where the Robertses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3215 Oak Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • G D Roberts, in bicycles 1940

    Next door in 1940: D R Northcott at 3211 and Lee Drygoods Oak at 3219. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3881 Oak Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • John Roberts, of Oak Magazine Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: thompson block at 3879. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists G D Roberts, in bicycles, at 3215 Oak Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Roberts at 3881 Oak Street, of Oak Magazine Shop.

Today

The City no longer lists 3215 Oak and 3881 Oak, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A truck on muddy Oak Street, looking north from 16th Avenue
13 January 1928 A truck on muddy Oak Street, looking north from 16th Avenue. Taken where the 3200 block ends; it doesn't single out the house at 3215 Oak. City of Vancouver Archives, Str N262.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Every directory, as one book

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.